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Accounts of League of Nations conferences and tours in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, including a photograph album of the tour of the Balkans.

Photocopies of papers for the Peckham and Camberwell branches of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), including annual reports for Peckham 1928-1929 and 1929-1930, and the circular letters for both branches plus the South London Federation and the Camberwell Branch of the Communist Party. The file also contains a summary list and biographical notes on Riding and his mother Esther Riding.

Papers relating to the North London Kinship Survey, mainly research material, including notes from the census, probate records and published sources; notes of interviews with residents; family trees and notes on the history of certain families; maps of the area; index cards for individuals and families, [1950-1964]. Also correspondence, drafts and meeting reports relating to the survey.

Papers of European Nuclear Disarmament, including:
Coordinating Committee records.
Papers regarding END Conventions and other events.
Documents regarding END's work with organisations and activists in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Campaign papers.
Administrative papers.
Publicity, including mailings, press releases, newsletters and leaflets.
Memos from E P Thompson and Mary Kaldor.
Papers regarding peace issues, activists and organisations in Europe and throughout the world.
Papers of END Chairperson, Lynne Jones.
Issues of the END Bulletin and END Journal.
Some of the papers have been annotated by the depositor, Patrick Burke.

Correspondence, memoranda and press cuttings, 1955-2004, relating to Michael Hellman's attempts to obtain an enquiry into his sectioning in Horton Hospital, Epsom (1955).

Papers of Charles Rider Hobson, c1922-c1946, comprise personal correspondence.

Correspondence and papers of Lord David Lawrence Lipsey, 1999-2006, mainly relating to his work as special adviser to Anthony Crosland; the Jenkins Committee on Electoral Reform; the Royal Commission on the Long Term Care of the Elderly; Labour Initiative on Cooperation (LINC) International Monetary Fund and the proposed abolition of the Horserace Totalisator Board and the sale of its assets. A cd contains: articles for a number of journals, 2004-2006; communications, 2004-2006; House of Lords papers, 2000-2006; BBC papers, 1999; Lifepoints project, 1999-2000; Make Votes Count campaign, 2000-2006; Social Market Foundation, 2001-2006, Totel, 2002-2006.

Papers of Tony Lynes, 1957-1997, including research papers, correspondence and publications concerning various fields of social policy and administration collected by Lynes in his own research and as advisor to various organisations and individuals. Includes: material relating to research conducted as an assistant to Richard Titmuss and as an advisor to the Labour Party on social security policy; notes and papers concerning Lynes' involvement with the formulation of social security legislation; research material concerning pension schemes and policy (both domestic and international), housing, immigrants, asylum seekers, taxation, unemployment and work undertaken with his wife, Sally; papers, correspondence, reports and publications from and relating to Lynes campaigning and research into the functioning and operation of the Social Fund, 1988-1991.

Fieldwork notes from Nadel's Nupe and Nuba tribal studies; diaries and papers from his time in Ethiopia and Eritrea; material relating to Nadel's lectures and papers, including draft articles, correspondence and offprints; and photographs from Nadel's expeditions.

Constitution of the National Council of Labour Colleges; minutes of the conference on Class Co-ordination; papers of the executive committee, the annual conference, the annual meeting, and the publication sub-committee; and annual reports by the secretary and the executive sub-committee on the financing and running of the colleges and classes.

Papers of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology, comprising records of committees, account books and registers; internal correspondence and correspondence with clients; staff files; papers relating to vocational guidance and intelligence testing, research projects, staff, procedures, and prizes; annual reports and ephemera; and photographs.

Papers relating to the National Network for Teaching and Learning Anthropology, 1997-1999 comprise: 1. General papers and correspondence, 1997-1999; 2. Conference: Anthropological reflections on pedagogic culture and its institutional organisation, 14-15 November 1997, Sussex University; 3. Workshop: Higher education policy and the implications for pedagogic practice in anthropology, 24-25 April 1998, Manchester University; 4. Conference: Quality controls? Anthropology and pedagogy and Higher Education, 12-13 November 1999; 5. Publications, occasional paper, 1999; 6. 'Report on Teaching and Learning Social Anthropology in the United Kingdom' by Stella Macarenhas-Keyes and Susan Wright for the Social Anthropology Teaching and Learning Network.

Ledgers of London stockbrokers Oakley Norris Bros, 1880s-1940.

Microfilms of the Popper papers held at Stanford University, California, including Popper's speeches and writings, correspondence, course material, subject files, biographical files, index cards with the addresses of acquaintances, and selected writings by others.

The papers of Raymond Postgate, 1830-2000, contain mainly administrative and personal correspondence which are catalogued as correspondence and subject files. Six further sections contain personal papers, Postgate's papers in relation to World War One, his writing research notes and drafts, his work with the Good Food Club and wine writing, and research papers relevant to a biography of his life. There is a large separate section for photographs, many of which are of the Postgate and Lansbury families. The collection also includes four individual sections of letters and papers belonging to George Lansbury, Daisy Postgate, Nellie Lansbury and Helen Hibberd.

Papers of Denis Nowell Pritt, comprising Political and Legal Papers, 1938-1971; Books, Addresses and Speeches, 1930s-1972; Photographs, 1960s; letter from Pritt and his wife to Rudolph M Lapp and his wife, 1946-1983, with three photographs, c1944-c1947.

Papers of PROGRESS Campaign for Research into Human Reproduction, c1985-c1994, comprise minutes, subject files and correspondence relating to PROGRESS' campaign against the Powell Bill and for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

This collection is divided into two sections. Section one contains material on capital punishment and the death penalty, against which Hewitt campaigned. Section two covers material concerned with obscene publications and other forms of media, including censorship, Obscene Publications Acts and other allied topics. The papers contain many printed examples of C H Rolph's articles and materials by organisation such as the Howard League for Penal Reform and the National League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty. Infamous legal cases such as the obscenity trials in the 1960s relating to 'Oz' magazine and Hubert Selby's novel 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' are discussed.

Schapera's field notebooks from his work in Botswana (then Bechuanaland), recording work on the Kgatta, Kwena, Ngwato and Ngwakelse tribes; working papers and notes, including genealogies of royal families, correspondence, drafts of an unpublished book on David Livingstone; various printed documents on the subject of Botswana; and books from Schapera's library on the subject of David Livingstone.

This collection consists mainly of the papers of the central organisation of the UNA and relate to the day to day running and administration of the Association. It includes material relating to the establishment and administration of the World Federation of United Nations Associations; minutes and agendas of annual general meetings, organisational committees and campaign committees, including the Working with Africa committee; material relating to the Association's finances and general administration; minutes and correspondence relating to the UNA Trust; correspondence concerning the Media Peace Prize; reports and papers relating to the Falklands War, the Iran/Iraq War, the Middle East, disarmament, peace activities, human rights and the environment; minutes, correspondence and other material relating to International Years; correspondence relating to the United Nations Day and the 40th anniversary of the UN; material relating to the organisation and appraisal of Walk for the World; minutes and newsletters of the International Broadcasting Trust; material relating to the regional groups, the Youth and Student Movement, and the International Student Movement of the United Nations; and UNA publications.

Letters to Charles Villiers, most from Edward Hyde Villiers on family and political matters. The letters are largely undated and in considerable disorder. Many are incomplete.

Papers relating to Henderson, 1983-1985;
Papers relating to Toplis and Harding, international loss adjusters, 1988-1990;
Papers relating to Herbert Morris' History, 'Cranes and Craftsmen', 1973-1974;
Papers relating to Richard Thomas, no date;
Papers relating to Dictionary of Business Biography (including James Livesey), Business Archives Council, Quinton Hazell and Stones Ginger, no date;
Papers relating to Spillers, 1975-1978;
Papers relating to Simpson, Piccadilly, 1995-1996.

Papers of the Wider Share Ownership Council, c1958-c2003, including correspondence, minutes, conference papers, reports and publications, including material relating to the merger with Proshare. Also the personal papers of George Copeman, mainly relating to employee share ownership and business management.

Papers of the youth and student groups of the Liberal and Liberal Democrat parties, 1930s-1990s, including: Union of Liberal Students papers, 1980s, including: mailings; conference papers; financial records; papers on local groups; and, press releases. Young Liberals papers, 1958-1980s (mainly 1970s-1980s), including: constitution, 1975; minutes; conference papers; newsletters; leaflets and other publications. Student Liberal Democrats office files, 1930s-1980s (but only a few items before the 1980s). Papers of Ruth Coleman mainly relating to the Young Liberals and Liberal Students, 1970s-1994.

Papers of Sir Walter Adams, [1906]-1974, comprising personal correspondence with family and friends and material relating to early historical and academic work, 1930-[1975]; papers relating to the Commission on African Higher Education, 1949-1952; material relating to Adams' time as Principal of the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1953-1966, including correspondence concerning his appointment, papers regarding overseas visits and conferences, and administrative and financial papers relating to the UCRN; texts and notes for speeches made by Adams, 1945-1966, including some on education in Africa; correspondence by Adams as Principal of UCRN, 1955-1974, including personal letters and testimonials; later papers relating to educational issues in Rhodesia, 1967-1974; material relating to Adam's time as Director of the London School of Economics, 1966-1973, notably correspondence relating to his appointment, minutes and associated papers of LSE committees, official correspondence with administrative and academic staff, papers relating to the Students' Union, selection committees, the Library Appeal, the LSE Magazine, press and publicity, and student unrest; semi-official correspondence of Adams as Director of the LSE, 1967-1974; papers concerning the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, 1968-1972; papers relating to the placement of foreign refugee scholars (notably from Czechoslovakia), 1968-1971; speeches and writings for audiences outside the LSE, 1967-1972; engagement books, 1968-1973; photographs, [1900s-1973], including early family photographs, and group photos at UCRN and the LSE.

Society of Public Notaries of London records comprise rules of the Society, minutes, some accounts, and extensive correspondence, especially on laws affecting the profession, qualifications required, attempts by solicitors and other professions to encroach on notaries' area of expertise.

Note: RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 30 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD.

Records of T T Curwen and Sons, stock and share brokers, including correspondence; notebooks giving details of transactions; and address books.

The records of WH Tindall and Company, tea and coffee growers and exporters, comprise records relating to the Imboolpittia and other estates including managers' and crop accounts, statements of expenditure and receipts, notes of coffee shipments and yields of tea and rubber, and papers relating to the administration of and materials for the estate 1841-1933; report and prospectus regarding land development 1917 and 1920; papers relating to the activities of various company managers and superintendents 1841-56; letters and papers regarding general trading, acquisition of estates and their cultivation 1842-88; papers regarding the Tindall family investments and trusts c 1872-1929; papers regarding the sale of land to W.H. Tindall 1843-55; papers regarding administration of W.H. Tindall's estate 1900-2; map showing coffee estates ca.1860 and notes on the history of the firm 1932-1966.

The records of Cotesworth and Powell Limited, import, export, and general merchants, comprise accounts relating to sugar plantations of Umhlanga Valley (Natal) Sugar and Coffee Company Limited 1866-87; notes in relation to credit arrangements, with other papers c 1870-90.

Records of William James Barnsdale and Son, watch and clockmakers, comprising order and repair books and accounts, as well as a pedigree of the family from the 18th to the 20th centuries.

Minute book of the Associated Fire Insurers (Government Commodities) Management Committee.

Ledger of the Association of British Organic Fertilisers Limited.

Records of Benjamin and John Newton, notaries public, comprising memorandum book of legal documents drawn up, attested or certified by the brothers or their staff.

Account book of Thomas Blossom, coachbuilder, including costs and a detailed list of each stage of his work on repairing and building coaches and carriages of (named) gentry, 1809-14; summary entries of coach work, 1808-9; and Blossom's note of cargoes received at Tahiti and Eimeo (Windward Islands, French Polynesia) from the London Missionary Society, 1821-6.

Papers relating to sugar plantations on St Christopher (St Kitts), West Indies, owned by Boddington and Company, merchants.

Financial accounts of John Bonus, slopseller, including vouchers and promissory notes.

Records of Boulnois, Drew and Company, tea dealers, comprising a ledger and balance sheets.

Papers of Margaret Irving relating to her work as a tea taster at Brash Brothers (Tea) Limited.

Journal of business and private expenditure of John Bridgman, West India merchant.

Journal of A G R Sutherland, apprentice on the Merchant Vessel "British Renown".

Volume of rules, accounts, membership lists and minutes for the China Club, association of traders in China.

Accounts ledger of Cowley and Hewetson, merchants, 1825-1834; with notes on the company history, 1929.

Records of Daniel Harvey and Company, merchants, comprising a ledger and loose accounts found inside. The ledger shows trade in silk, velvet and other cloth with merchants in Aleppo, Constantinople [Istanbul], Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Rouen and Hamburg.

Records of the Emma Silver Mining Company, comprising annual report and accounts for 1879, notice of AGM 1880 and blank voting forms.

Record and account book of Nicholas Geffe, relating to properties including Glastonbury Place in West Smithfield; houses in the parish of St Antholin Budge Row, and a tenement in Cheapside.

Papers of Grant, Chambers and Company, tobacco brokers, comprising articles of co-partnership between George William Frederick Grant and Frederick Chambers, 1870 and between James Chambers, William Holloway Ross and George Chambers, 1875; and lease to the firm of a portion of 37 Fenchurch Street, 1894.

Day book of clock and watch maker Benjamin Gray.

Illuminated certificate congratulating George John Harmar and Charles Fellows Pearson on 50 years with the company.

General foreign out-letter book of Heckscher and Pearson, commission merchants and underwriters.

Day book of Holmes and Pyke, coachbuilders.

Executive committee meeting minutes of the International Submarine Telegraph Memorial.